In July 2008 the artist Dave Pearson died leaving an enormous amount of artwork. This blog follows the journey taken by one of the executors of his will - a steep learning curve to perpetuate the reputation of an inspirational artist and man.

Saturday, 31 March 2012

The pack...

I visited the studio in Haslingden an hour or so ago where Julian and Jackie, helped by Andre and Mariana, our Portuguese theatre students here on placement, were busy wrapping everything in sight in bubble-wrap. Tomorrow Julian and Chris Pearson load the truck and then Julian drives down to Bermondsey with the exhibition.

Mick Bateman has emailed to say that everything is in place at the Project to receive the work, and when Margaret arrives on the 10th the hang will begin. Meantime, I'm off for a short break in Cascais (where Andre and Mariana are at theatre school). Mick has also listed the publicity that Crisis have been undertaking, in addition to my own efforts. This is all very encouraging and the fact that the Bermondsey Project is also expecting to launch its own website in a few days time is also a boost to our effort to publicise the show.

Not especially related to anything current are the three very tiny oil paintings of Mummers done by Dave in the 1970s when he was researching English calendar customs. I really like these little paintings, and they show a very different side to Dave's work than the pieces we'll be showing in Bermondsey.

Dave Pearson

Photograph taken June 08

The Dave Pearson Studio

From 2009 until March 2018 The Dave Pearson Trust looked after Dave Pearson's creative legacy.

In April 2018 The Dave Pearson Studio took over this role, and the story behind both the Trust years and the studio is documented in this blog, which is a resource for anyone interested in the management of artist's estates.

Dave Pearson's legacy is now owned by Dave's son Chris and supported by Bob Frith. Ella Cole works with us as Archivist.

About Me

I'm based in Lancashire UK, and currently work on several projects. I founded Horse + Bamboo Theatre in 1978. I also work at the Dave Pearson Building, both at the Studio and with Apna, a centre mainly for local South Asian heritage women.